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Concur. I have Targeting Drone, 1.41x global Accuracy from sets, and at least 30% Accuracy enhancement in each power. That's way, way more than I honestly will ever need, but it might be fun if I ever have to fight someone with Elude. So Nerve isn't an option.

I had originally planned my level 50 build to take advantage of Cardiac, but I tried Spiritual first instead, since I wasn't capped out on Recharge either. While I didn't have endurance problems before the Alpha slot, I was actually bottoming out after Spiritual because I was firing so bloody quickly. So I went back to Cardiac and things work correctly now.

I could probably rebuild for Endurance and use Spiritual, but I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make. Besides, Cardiac Core Boost gives Range +20%, which I don't care to slot for but is a welcome bonus.

Aha. Sorry, I'm ninja like that.

Eh?

Don't be fooled. You see that wine glass? The man is obviously a villain.

On a more serious note, I think the level of openness ought to be based on the character and driven by the RP. Take Eribelle; she's an alien, and so to a certain degree talking about the different physiology is to be expected, although it's not central to the character. But if you have a shy character who's otherwise human, it may not come up at all. While your RP partners wouldn't know about the differences, the character would, and it would drive her actions correspondingly. If you have a brassy, bold character whose extra attachments mattered for a (non-sexual) turning point in her life, then it might get mentioned in the natural course of the bio.

Context is gonna matter. If you really do want it to be a non-central, non-sexualized aspect of the character, you need to treat it as such; only mention if it's relevant in some way.

I have noticed, which is why I'm pointing it out.

And I'm insulted. Two weeks at least. World of difference.

At this point, I'm pretty sure you're overthinking it. Otherwise we need to find a new term for the little wrinkly alien turds currently called monkeys.

I hear Apex requires you to move around a lot...

You've got 8 other powers in that set which provide respectable defense. If my ultra-squishy Blaster can wipe out a single EB, so can you.

This isn't Marvel, missy.

That would do it.

I used to have a lot of trouble with the ITF a year or two ago. Since I returned to the game, I've facerolled every ITF I've been on...except one. Where we had 7 people. We had to pull out a lot of tricks like two Vengeances in a row just to have the firepower to overcome his regen. We succeeded, but it was significantly harder than the ITFs where we had a full 8 people.

Didn't know that, never ran it. Point stands, though.

Actually they wouldn't. When the game calculates combat formulae, it would use 60 in your spot instead of 50, but YOU would still be level 50. Level 50 minions would still be white, 54 would still be purple. You'd just be able to trash them like you were 60.

I guarantee you, 100%, with absolute certainty, will put money on the line, that Holtz and Honoree are meant to be pulled.

See, Trapdoor is standing in the middle of a giant unique room. It's clearly a set piece meant for a moving battle where you have to run around playing hide and seek with bifurcations. He's meant to be fought there.

But Holtz and Honoree? They're standing in this teeny room surrounded by an unfair number of Rikti. This teeny room is just beyond a very large, nearly empty room that seems to have no purpose except to house a few meager ambushes.

These aren't random maps; they were designed this way. There is an implication that is very nearly shouted at you in the H/H map that You Are To Use The Big Room. Add to this the fact that it's totally possible to pull one of the EBs without alerting any other enemy in the room. The only sane conclusion I can draw is that you're expected to pull H and H out away from the portals where you can properly fight them without being swarmed.

Which is why you lure the EBs out one at a time. See, they're not linked to each other nor are they linked to any of the Rikti. Pack a ranged attack of some kind, be it primary, secondary, pool, or temp, and pull one EB. At most only a few Rikti will come with. My Blaster sniped each EB from max distance and they came running to me on their own, where they met a faceful of Trip Mines and fire. Yes, if you don't have a defense set you'll probably want to load up on purples and oranges, but that's what they're there for.

That all said, I completely agree that Holtz and Honoree are by far the more difficult fight. Even so, I'm pretty confident the entire story arc can be soloed by someone with a good understanding of their abilities and how to best use them in an unusual situation.

FWIW, players can teleport while immobilized too. But if a player doesn't know that, they certainly might complain.

To add to the Trapdoor anecdotes, last night I ran Ramiel's arc on my Blaster. Trapdoor was, again, ridiculously simple, just as on my Brute. Attack attack attack, bifurcate, fly around tab-targeting, there he is, blow him up, go back to attacking Trapdoor, repeat once before he drops.

I don't know, I guess he could be tough on a Controller? Maybe? Possibly a Defender without good debuffs? Someone mentioned Stone Tanks: you DO realize they have, like, 8 other powers in their powerset, right? That Granite Armor's slowness is supposed to be a tradeoff? That it's not necessarily supposed to be on ALL the time?

The doppleganger team in the new Posi TF is brilliant about this. That's a genuinely tough but winnable encounter.

I've been staying away from Inferno for many of the reasons given in this thread, but I got Inferno properly slotted after a level 50 respec, and I couldn't help but use it every time it came up on last night's farming run. Run in, NUUUUUKE, and let the others clean up the bosses.